stock-still
stock-still adjective: very still; motionless.
Adjective
stock-still (not comparable)
- Very still; motionless.
- The team was stock-still in front of the stable.
- Synonyms:
- at rest, unmoving, dull, impassive, inanimate, lifeless, motionless, sedent, sedentary, stationary
Adverb
stock-still (not comparable)
- Without motion.
- He lay stock-still among the bodies and blasted equipment.
- Paul stood stock still; then came a strong impulse to turn and run back.1897, Sam T. Clover, Paul Travers' Adventures
stock-still meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
stock-still in Tamil
- சிறிதும் அசைவற்ற நிலையில் உள்ள
stock-still in Malayalam
- completely still, motionless, unmoving
- മരക്കുറ്റിപോലെ നിൽക്കുന്ന, തൂണുപോലെ അനങ്ങാതെനില്ക്കുന്ന, അനക്കമില്ലാത്ത, സ്തംബ്ധമായ, നിശ്ചല, നിശ്ചലമായ
Synonyms of stock-still
Forms of stock-still
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Origin of stock-still
Inversion of earlier still as a stock, from stock (“tree-trunk”).
Questions about stock-still
- What does stock-still mean?
- Stock-still means very still; motionless.
- What is stock-still in Tamil?
- Stock-still in Tamil is சிறிதும் அசைவற்ற நிலையில் உள்ள. See Stock-still meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stock-still?
- Stock-still can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near stock-still in the dictionary
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